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37-Year-Old Woman Arrested For Fatal Hit-Run Crash Near Lakefront Area Home
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A local woman has been arrested for a hit-and-run crash that killed a man outside a lakefront home in the area,
Maggie Deperna, age 37, was arrested Saturday, June 26, by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office in connection to the crash that happened a day earlier in Mahopac.
She's been charged with vehicular manslaughter, the Sheriff's Office said.
The 61-year-old victim, identified as James Crecco, of Carmel, was walking outside his brother's home when he was struck by a Jeep on Friday, June 25 at approximately 8:07 p.m. in Mahopac on South Lake Boulevard (Route…
Man Airlifted Following Crash With Driver Speeding, Passing Cars, Police Say
A man was airlifted to the hospital after another vehicle illegally passed his car causing a rollover crash and then fled.
The incident took place in Putnam County around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, May 20, on Route 52 in Carmel, said Lt. John Dearman of the Carmel Police.
According to Dearman, several witnesses reported that a black Cadillac passed vehicles in a no-passing zone southbound on Route 52.
While attempting to pass a Honda Civic driven by Jacob Shikarides, 23, of Kent, the Cadillac, driven by Nicholas Signorelli, of Hopewell Junction, 55, slammed into the Honda, causing the vehicle to…